Eh? You mean I supposed to actually STOP at red trffic lights?

Don’t be silly!

Ralph Smyth, of City Cyclists, said: “This is the latest in a long line of silly measures the Mayor has put forward. Almost all of the deaths of cyclists caused on these junctions are those that are going straight ahead, not turning left. It is absolute nonsense to say this proposed legislation will prevent deaths.”

If the cyclists concerned are dead how does this bloke know they were going straight ahead? And if that was the case what were they doing riding up the inside of a lorry indicating left at a junction???

If the cyclists concerned are dead how does this bloke know they were going straight ahead? And if that was the case what were they doing riding up the inside of a lorry indicating left at a junction???

Riding up the inside of a lorry (or bus) at a junction or otherwise aside, vehicles using their indicators are hard to locate. If they recall the ‘mirror, signal, manoevre’ mantra at all, it tends to be practiced more as ‘manoevre, mirror, boot it, signal’.

I agree with PeterPoddy – traffic lights ? do any of you take notice of every traffic light? sure some but not many… if the route is clear and empty and you know the road lay out what are you doing picking yer nose at the lights for? does not compute? ;o)